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Celebrating humanitarian action this Thanksgiving

By Emily Janoch · November 23, 2022

This week, Americans are heading into Thanksgiving, a holiday where most of us eat way too much and celebrate the gifts we have in life, our families and friends, and the things we appreciate. It’s an important moment to remember that millions of people around the world are struggling to meet the very basics—including having enough food to eat at all. One of the things I am thankful for every year is the fact that CARE is able to do as much as we do to change that situation, and help the people who need it most build solutions in their own lives.

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Four ways gender-based violence is making the hunger crisis worse (and what you can do to help break the cycle)

By Jenny Conrad · November 22, 2022

Rates of gender-based violence increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crisis has only been compounded by the pressures of an ongoing global hunger catastrophe fueled by climate change, resource scarcity, and increased commodity costs. This violence is rooted in gender inequality—and without addressing inequality, women will continue to be both hungry and at risk of violence. CARE’s new report, GBV & Food Insecurity, highlights the many ways these two challenges are inextricably linked.

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Barack’s lamp: Raising environment ambassadors in Uganda

By David Mutua and Travis Nichols · November 21, 2022

CARE Uganda has started a solar initiative to help address the global and local challenges of the climate crisis. With funds from Innovation Norway and Novo Nordisk, CARE has established solar-powered kitchens in community centers in southwestern Uganda, as well as in the Kinakyeitaka Primary school where students study new ways of tackling the challenges of the climate crisis.

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Building everyday climate resilience in Ethiopia

By Sarah Easter · November 18, 2022

Climate change is here now in Ethiopia. Sudden heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides around the capital city of Addis Ababa, while in the nearby Amhara region, drought has forced women and girls to walk for hours to find water. Already by 2017, roughly 23 million people here had insufficient income to meet their food needs, and by 2021 an estimated twenty percent of the country’s 120 million people had become severely food insecure. Keeping further disaster at bay means climate resiliency, and that starts with water.

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Dispatch from Islamabad: Pakistan’s people are paying the price for climate inaction

By Maryam Imtiaz · November 11, 2022

Between June and September this year, Pakistan was hit by unprecedented floods that killed over 1,000 people and affected more than 33 million people. Maryam Imtiaz, communications assistant at CARE Pakistan, witnessed first-hand stories of loss, resilience, and solidarity in Balochistan, one of the two most affected provinces. She shares what she has seen and heard, and urges for action to stop climate change and its irreversible damage.

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